科学史上,人们一般都认为近代化学诞生于1661年,根据是这年出版了化学史上极有影响的《怀疑的化学家》(玻意耳著).书中明确指出:化学不应该只是医学或炼金术的附属品,它原本就是一门具有巨大研究价值的独立学科,应该和物理学、天文学一样,成为自然哲学的一个分支.同时,玻意耳所提出的元素概念和他倡导的实验方法,为以后化学的发展指明了方向.从此,化学开始从炼金术中走出并逐渐得以独立,玻意耳也因此被誉为近代化学的开拓者和奠基人.和他在化学上的成就相比,他的玻意耳定律倒是显得微不足道了. In the history of science, modern chemistry was generally considered to have been born in 1661, based on the publication of this year’s influential “Chemist of Skepticism.” The book made it clear that chemistry should not be just medical or Alchemy accessories, it was originally an independent discipline with great research value, and physics, astronomy, as a branch of philosophy of nature at the same time, Boyle proposed elements of the concept and his advocacy of experimental methods , For the future development of chemistry pointed out the direction.Since then, chemical began to alchemie out and gradually become independent, Bo Yi Ear has therefore been hailed as the pioneer and founder of modern chemistry and his chemical achievements compared His bosom law appears to be negligible.